Application Process

Students enrolled in doctoral programs in applied psychology are eligible to apply for the O’Grady Residency in Psychology program at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

Applicants must have completed the equivalent of three years of practicum or work experience (minimum 800 hours), including a minimum of 125 hours of direct (face-to-face) therapy experience and 150 assessment/testing hours with children and adolescents (ages 0-18) and their families, and have written at least 10 child / adolescent integrated psychological testing reports.

Applicants should be on schedule to complete all major coursework requirements and qualifying examinations for their degrees prior to beginning the internship. It is expected that applicants will have only the dissertation requirement to meet during the internship year.

Five internship positions (4 behavioral medicine and 1 child clinical) are available for the 2014-2015 academic year.

All matched applicants must successfully complete a credentialing process that includes a careful review of transcripts, health screening and a reference check. In addition, accepted applicants must undergo tuberculosis (TB) testing and provide verification of up-to-date immunizations.

Cincinnati Children’s is a drug-free and smoke-free environment. All new employees are required to submit to a drug urine screen prior to hiring. Cincinnati Children’s also conducts a criminal records check on all final candidates for employment, as required by Ohio law.

Completed electronic APPIC application form (available at the APPIC web site). Our APPIC program code, for the APPIC match, is 150311.

Current curriculum vitae that lists practicum work, academic and professional experience and research

Three letters of recommendation from graduate faculty or supervisors who are familiar with your work in psychology and your personal qualifications. At least one of these letters must be from someone who has supervised your clinical work during graduate school.

Completed electronic APPIC application form (available at the APPIC web site). Our APPIC program code, for the APPIC match, is 150312.

Current curriculum vitae that lists practicum work, academic and professional experience and research

Three letters of recommendation from graduate faculty or supervisors who are familiar with your work in psychology and your personal qualifications. At least one of these letters must be from someone who has supervised your clinical work during graduate school.

Our faculty review and discuss all completed applications. Candidates who are most closely aligned to our program are invited for an interview during December and January. All applicants with packets completed by the due date will be notified by December of their interview status.

A personal interview at the site has obvious advantages for both parties. Telephone interviews are not preferred and are only granted in unusual circumstances.

Please see Interview Day Information below for details about our interview process and typical schedule.

Our match philosophy is one that guides us to assist each party involved to make the best choice for an optimal fit. We invite about 25 carefully screened candidates for interviews on four different days, where up to six candidates on each day are met in a more intimate context.

Typically, interview days occur in mid December and across the first few weeks of January. We like to have an interview day that is as personal and informative as possible, during which written materials are provided for candidates to keep. This year's interview dates are:

December 12, 2014

December 18, 2014

December 19, 2014

January 7, 2015

The training director calls the invited candidates by December 1st in order to arrange interviews for those who wish to come.

Typical Interview Schedule

Time

Activity

Representative

9:30 am - 11:15 am

Group overview and tour

Shanna Guilfoyle, PhD Aaron Vaughn, PhD

11:15 am - 11:30 am

Break

11:30 - Noon

Interview

Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology faculty

Noon - 1pm

Lunch (provided)

With current interns

1 pm - 1:30 pm

Interview

Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology faculty

1:30 pm - 2 pm

Interview

Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology faculty

2 pm - 2:15 pm

Break

2:15 pm - 2:45 pm

Interview

Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology faculty

2:45 pm - 3:15 pm

Group Reception

All faculty, interns, fellows and candidates

Hotel Accommodations

Any candidate who wishes to spend the night before their interview day may do so, compliments of our program. The Marriott Kingsgate Conference Hotel will be booked for candidate by Vicky Sanders (vicky.sanders@cchmc.org, 513-803-3217). Once you have been notified of your invitation to interview, Ms. Sanders will contact you to coordinate. Please do not try to arrange lodging on your own at this hotel.

Interns are selected according to APPIC procedures. By the beginning of February, applicants will be ranked and a list will be submitted to the Internship Match Program. This internship site agrees to abide by the APPIC policy that no person at this training facility will solicit, accept or use any ranking-related information from any intern applicant.

Following receipt of computerized match results, candidates will be contacted by telephone by the training director. Interns will be asked to submit to the required credentialing process (see credentialing section above) prior to the start of the internship.

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